Croatian tennis starlet Donna Vekic has even been hailed as the next Maria Sharapova thanks to her stunning looks and tennis prowess. 4 in the main draw, claimed the first break of the match in the sixth game before serving out for the opener in the ninth game. I was just watching it literally going side to side. I was trying to mix up where I was standing, trying to move before, during, like trying to do anything. He was in such a good rhythm on serve, I couldn't do anything. I've been one of his closest friends. "He was getting a bit lippy at me so, I don't know, it's just in-the-moment sort of stuff,'' Kyrgios said. During the competition's fourth round, he was forced to deny 'tanking' after accusations he did not even try to return serve. Nick Kyrgios has shredded Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and other tennis rivals in an incredible interview. Sorry, who are you? Kyrgios and Kokkinakis beat South Africa’s Lloyd Harris and Austria’s Julian Knowle in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 with no crowd at Melbourne Park on Saturday. Social -- NICK KYRGIOS: I don't know, there was actually a bit of talking today, tactical-wise. Pictured right,a fuming Wawrinka casts an icy glare towards Kyrgios as he waits at the net for the Australian after the match, Frosty: Kyrgios and Wawrinka shake hands at the net after the Swiss star retired hurt in the final set, Some wags have compared Vekic to Maria Sharapova, on account of her flowing blonde locks and talent. Controversy has followed Kyrgios around since his 2014 breakthrough when he knocked Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon. The names: Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis. Kyrgios and Kokkinakis’ ‘bromance’ has been on full display this Australian Open, with Kyrgios praising his friend in a post-match interview on Wednesday. Kokkinakis and Kyrgios didn't only talk about tactics while on the court together. Speaking for the first time since Kyrgios's unsavoury sledging of Wawrinka, Kokkinakis on Monday revealed his good mate had apologised for the incident. He addressed the Swiss Grand Slam champion saying, “Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend. It’s good to get our first win together on tour, as well”. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. How do you respond to that? Fraser later apologised. Asked afterwards why he made the staggering remark, he told a Canadian television station: 'He was getting a bit lippy with me. 'Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend,' he said, midway through the second set. To see him go through what he went through and to get back healthy and finally play the tennis he is capable of, that is amazing to see,' he said. It's well liked. 'It's … Everyone loves that celebration. Nick Kyrgios (right) and Thanasi Kokkinakis (left) were seen laughing and whispering to each other during their crowdless victory against South Africa's Lloyd Harris and Austria's Julian Knowle in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 at Melbourne Park on Saturday, Kyrgios (right) joked Kokkinakis (left) was 'talking to me about girls' during the match prompting Kokkinakis to say: 'He's just thrown me under a bus! Paranoid schizophrenic would not have killed heavily-pregnant woman, 30, and her unborn daughter by starting... SNP civil war as ex-deputy leader says Nicola Sturgeon's 'manufactured grievances' against Westminster are... Breakfast at Beyonce's! Sorry, who are you? Like, I don't have a big deal with anything. Not really? "We just wanted to have some fun out there and I think we did that. “My best friend on tour, well, I know if I say one in general, a couple of others are going to be upset,” began Kyrgios in the interview. The 20-year-old was famously warned by former Australian champion Pat Rafter to stop interacting with the crowd and remain focused on the game. Sledging outburst: Tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios is once again in hot water after telling his opponent Stan Wawrinka that a fellow player slept with his girlfriend, adding: 'Sorry to tell you that, mate'. I've always wanted to play Davis Cup. When asked if he was conscious of how much he was swearing, Kyrgios put his outbursts down to grand slam pressure and a headache caused by an ongoing sinus infection. 'That would've been awesome to go out there and give them something to kind of go out with a bang. Kyrgios’ sentiments were at odds with what Tomic had alleged earlier in the week — namely, that he, Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis were disinterested in playing under Hewitt. Kyrgios and Kokkinakis' 'bromance' has been on full display this Australian Open, with Kyrgios praising his friend in a post-match interview on Wednesday. Koolhof and Kubot, seeded at No. Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios whisper and smirk during a Davis Cup press conference. 310 in the doubles rankings in February this year. Kyrgios was knocked out of the Men's Singles by Dominic Thiem on Friday while Kokkinakis lost to Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas on Thursday.Â, Kyrgios and Kokkinakis will take on fourth-seeded Wesley Koolhof and Lukasz Kubot in the second round.Â, Kyrgios shakes hands with Dominic Thiem on Friday. Kyrgios, 20, is believed to have been referring to 19-year-old Croatian tennis player Donna Vekic. In the first round at Melbourne Park, Kokkinakis and Kyrgios beat Lloyd Harris and Julian Knowle "We just wanted to play. “I feel like I’ve matured a little bit since the last time we’ve played,” Kyrgios said. Q. Bernard named you and Kokkinakis as both having told him that you don't want to play while Lleyton is captain. ', Nick Kyrgios jokes with fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, whom he accused of sleeping with Wawrinka's girlfriend, at the Davis Cup World Group between Australia and Kazakhstan in Darwin last month, In Vekic's own words: 'I want to be Donna Vekic, not the next Maria Sharapova, or the next Caroline Wozniacki, even though I look like them a little bit'. Australia hits the reality of the great Zero Covid project:... 'There will be consequences': Taliban warn US and Britain to get out, saying August 31 withdrawal deadline... 'My wife is 35, unvaccinated and in a coffin': Heartbroken husband backs jabs after his partner dies from... Mother-of-two, 54, wins £1.4m payout from her multimillionaire ex after she told High Court he promised her... Gogglebox star Mary Cook dies aged 92 as Channel 4 pay tribute to 'witty and beloved' show star. Fresh from his nerve-jangling five-set loss to Dominic Thiem on Friday night, it was a more relaxed Kyrgios on Saturday evening as he and Kokkinakis romped away with … Kyrgios and Kokkinakis beat South Africa’s Lloyd Harris and Austria’s Julian Knowle in straight units 6-2, 6-4 with no crowd at Melbourne Park on Saturday. You know, I was thinking about him a little bit out here as well. Tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios is once again in hot water after brutally trash-talking his Swiss opponent during a second-round clash at the Montreal Masters. ', 'Tactical, maybe one per cent... Social,' Kokkinakis said, before Kyrgios cut him off.Â, 'I actually don't know, there was actually a bit of talk out there today, tactical wise,' Kyrgios said.  Â, Kokkinakis replied: 'Alright, maybe a bit but it was definitely more just rubbish. Source: News Corp Australia. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, took him under his wing this week. For the showman Kyrgios, it was a far cry from the previous night's enthralling clash with Dominic Thiem, which he lost in five sets in front of a heaving crowd just before Victoria's Covid-19 lockdown kicked in. At the beginning of the second set, with an on-court microphone switched on, Kyrgios made a crude and personal comment on Wawrinka’s then-girlfriend, Donna Vekic, and his compatriot Thanasi Kokkinakis. 'Â, 'Well I'm a taken man, so he was talking to me about girls,' Kyrgios said, jokingly tapping his mate on the shoulder.Â, 'What? Nick Kyrgios has thrown his doubles husband or wife Thanasi Kokkinakis ‘under the bus’ by revealing they have been giggling about girls on courtroom. She later apologised. Gun alert over migrant boats in the Channel: France warns of threat of firearms on vessels as daily migrant... Holidaymakers' hopes of last-minute summer break are set to be dashed as few countries are expected to be... DOMINIC LAWSON: It's a sad irony that every anti-vaxxer who dies of Covid might just save lives. THANASI KOKKINAKIS: We were just having some fun out there really because there was no one in the crowd so we were just trying to enjoy ourselves and kind of get a bit of atmosphere and energy about us. Hopefully it was in front of some fans – it wasn’t today, but that’s all right,” Kokkinakis said after their first round win. He has been dating Chiara Passari (right) since at least June last year, Kyrgios and Kokkinakis' 'bromance' has been on full display this Australian Open, with Kyrgios praising his friend after his win against Ugo Humbert on Wednesday, Kyrgios and Kokkinakis' 'bromance' has been on full display this Australian Open, with Kyrgios praising his friend in a post-match interview on Wednesday.  Â, 'It's good to see Thanasi back. He was born in Australia to a Greek father and Malaysian mother. A fired-up Healy started the interview with some extremely critical observations about Kyrgios, Tomic and Thanasi Kokkinakis following their first round matches, with Kyrgios … “So, I’ll say a few top of my head.Jack Sock, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Jordan Thompson, Frances Tiafoe, Gael Monfils.” Kyrgios mentioned that Sock, Thanasi, Thompson, Tiafoe, and Monfils are some of the great friends that he has made on the tour. To see him go through what he went through and to get back healthy and finally play the tennis he is capable of, that is amazing to see,’ he said. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Kokkinakis ad Kyrgios, who have a close relationship off the court, couldn't beat Koolhof and Kubot as the experienced doubles duo claimed a 6-3 6-4 win. “Maybe a little bit, but it was definitely more just rubbish,” Kokkinakis revealed. The guys were just too good, so hats off to them,” Kokkinakis said after the match, per Tennis Australia. Nick Kyrgios jokes with fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, whom he accused of sleeping with Wawrinka's girlfriend, at the Davis Cup World Group between Australia and Kazakhstan in Darwin last month Vekic played mixed doubles with Kokkinakis, also 19 and ranked No. 'Kind of in the heat of the moment. DiNubile: "Maybe Roger Federer wants to undergo regenerative surgery", Belinda Bencic thanks Roger Federer for the Olympic win, Alexander Zverev: Mentality I had against Novak Djokovic helped me beat Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev reacts to clinching his first win over Daniil Medvedev in fifth attempt, 'There were days when Rafael Nadal finished training with...', says top coach, Anna Nordqvist: "Carnoustie, a great venue", Coach Carlos Moya: Rafael Nadal hasn't been doing well at all for a while, Novak Djokovic: 'I don’t know how to put it on plane', Billie Jean King: "No contact with Novak Djokovic's PTPA". At Wimbledon in June, he screamed out that an umpire was 'dirty scum'. To see him go through what he went through and to get back healthy and finally play the tennis he is capable of, that is amazing to see,' he said.Â, 'He has had tears in his eyes. The friends laughed and whispered to each other during the game, prompting a reporter to ask what they were talking about at the post-match press conference. Off the court, controversy is also never far away. Wawrinka, the reigning Australian and French Open champion, condemned the remarks in a fiery Twitter spree on Thursday evening. There were also a few disagreements with the chair umpire in a match that lasted little more than an hour.Â. on the court, agreed to take on a mentoring role with Kyrgios starting earlier this week. Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten LOSES High Court fight with former bandmates Steve Jones and Paul Cook over new TV... Zoom is back online following an hour-long outage that left users worldwide unable to access the video... DR MAX PEMBERTON: Cutting off your children is kind not cruel. 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